Acro pest?

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I got a bonsai acro from a LFS when I was on vacation. Brought it home dipped it and put it in my tank. Only 1 small brown flatworm came out.

So a couple days later it's starts loosing tissue from the bottom up so I cut a few frags. Today I was looking at it and there is this tiny bugs antennae sticking out of a polyp. When I get close with my finger it retreats back in the polyp. It's like a white clear color.

Any ideas what is it? Also what should I do? I am going to frag off the part that the bug is on and dip it again.

Here is a pic but it's hard to see. It's the far right polyp
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Can't really see from the picture, but there are a few parasites that live in the polyps. I just found a small crab that hollowed out one of mine. I think that there are also hydroids that will do that.

CJ
 
Ok cool thanks it was hard to get a good pic with the iPhone. Im new to sps, i only have a couple pieces. I just cut of the suspect polyps. Hopefully if will recover
 

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